my pearl 8130 is the same. I believe (from other posts) that the trackball for the pearl was redesigned. I hate it. I ordered a trackball from the 8830 hopefully it will work better in my pearl. I'll keep you posted.

Please do; my friend has a 8830 and the trackball is LOVELY. I compared my 8130 to another one at the store today, and the one I have seems fine. I'm keeping it on 80/80, which is working well for me. It's just not as good as the 8830's.

In the meantime, I'm LOVING the phone. I'm already pretty used to SureType.